Blackpool Illuminations - Yard Act.mp3

[00:00.000] 作词 : Jay Russell/Ryan Needham/Sam Shipstone/James Smith/Christopher Duffin
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Jay Russell/Ryan Needham/Sam Shipstone/James Smith/Christopher Duffin
[00:13.230]Yeah... so, it must've been 1996?
[00:21.590]And we, ehm...
[00:24.074]We did often go to Blackpool   
[00:25.998]Was about once a year
[00:27.287]To see the illuminations
[00:28.992]But, ehm, usually we just went for the day
[00:32.005]'Cause we didn't live that far away
[00:33.880]But for some reason, this year we'd...
[00:36.605]We'd gone for two nights
[00:38.490]Ehm, and we were staying in a bed-and-breakfast on the front
[00:44.950]And I was acting reckless     
[00:46.658]Ehh, like most six year olds   
[00:49.325]Bouncing on the bed and pissing about
[00:51.359]And, yeah, I was like most kids, I was curious
[00:56.469]Yeah, I was often, ehh, exploring things shouldn't be and
[00:59.840]You know, putting myself in, ehh, danger
[01:03.717]Much to the dismay of me mum and dad
[01:08.242]And I remember that the plan was 
[01:09.578]We were gonna go, ehm, to the the other end of the strip for some tea     
[01:13.570]And we were gonna drive down and take in the illuminations on the way     
[01:17.591]And my mum was getting ready in the toilet
[01:20.468]And my dad had just gone down to the bar to get some drinks and that, I think, and...
[01:27.057]Yeah, I was
[01:27.934]I was excited to be there     
[01:29.201]I was excited to not be at school
[01:30.812]And I think at that age
[01:32.703]You, ehm, you feel most in love...
[01:36.781]With you parents
[01:37.834]I think they're your best friends
[01:39.512]And they're your whole world   
[01:40.755]And they keep you safe and you know them better than anyone else
[01:43.453]And when they're happy together with you...
[01:48.992]The fact that you never want life to change
[01:53.626]Would you say that's your biggest fear?
[01:56.246]Would I say what's my biggest fear?
[01:58.753]Change
[01:59.546]Ehm, no, I'd probably say being drowned and buried at the bottom of a lake is my biggest fear
[02:06.753]Okay
[02:07.343]Sorry
[02:08.033]And do you wanna tell me any more about that?
[02:09.817]Not right now, no, sorry
[02:11.500]I, ehm, I wouldn't mind getting to the bottom of this Blackpool illuminations story if that's okay
[02:17.796]By all means
[02:18.788]Cheers, thanks
[02:20.204]Sorry
[02:20.777]So, anyway, ehh, where was I?   
[02:22.905]Yeah... ehm, so I wanted to see out of the window, but I wasn't tall enough  
[02:28.821]And the only way I could gain the leverage to do so was by climbing on to the radiator pipe
[02:33.380]Which was following the skirting board 'round the edge of the room
[02:37.730]Yeah
[02:38.511]So I did
[02:39.479]And can you, ehm, tell me what happened next?
[02:42.098]Ehm, using the strength of my chin I could hold on to the windowsill with that
[02:46.717]And with my, ehh, fingers also sort of gripping
[02:50.393]Gripping the rim as well
[02:54.404]And I was kinda doomed from the start, I think
[02:57.940]Because instantly my foot slipped, bit into the brick
[03:02.038]And I split the skin and bust both lips
[03:04.694]I screeched
[03:05.766]You know the way sand inevitably ****s your chips up when you eat them on the beach?
[03:10.138]That's the way the rust rubbed into my gums
[03:12.707]The blood was gushing and I screamed
[03:15.074]It was a gale force ushered from a paltry gust
[03:17.565]My ears were ringing, my face was stinging from ear to ear
[03:21.061]Like I'd been kissing all the dead jellyfish that kept washing up on the beaches round here
[03:26.324]Yeah
[03:28.810]So, mum, she had to run to get the Calpol from the chemist
[03:32.322]While dad pacified me with a pack of crisps
[03:34.948]And I remember this bit specifically
[03:37.322]'Cause for some reason
[03:38.757]The ones he gave to me were packaged differently
[03:41.833]Typically these don't come in a blue bag
[03:44.424]They call 'em "ready salted"   
[03:45.805]A self-explanatory tag
[03:47.437]But I was stopped in my tracks as the new premise was flagged
[03:50.290]That colour coding wasn't gospel at all
[03:52.821]It was just a bonus gag
[03:54.581]And maybe the flavour "ready" meant "we're already doomed"
[03:58.170]And what if "salted" meant salted like the salt rubbed in the wound of every injury I'd accumulated trying to leave the room
[04:05.228]'Cause in a future still unwritten
[04:08.927]Punishment is waiting for a moment you don't get to choose
[04:13.752]The crying soon subsided when the Calpol worked its magic
[04:17.996]So we bundled in the car to see the golden mile looking absolutely tragic   
[04:22.918]The fizzy fish I was sucking on fell and flopped under the seat
[04:26.889]And got caked in dead skin and crisp crumbs, impossible to eat
[04:31.220]So instead I stared out across the pitch-black Irish Sea
[04:35.172]And wondered what other pleasures were still left out there waiting for me  
[04:40.664]The illuminations no longer of appeal
[04:43.025]For I'd seen through the illusion when I bit the brick
[04:45.870]And now I knew what was really real
[04:47.878]And what was just the punchline for this joke-shop magic trick
[04:52.326]And I just stopped staring    
[04:53.741]Six years old, and I stopped caring
[04:56.016]Eventually I stopped staring directly at anything
[04:58.830]Head down, just keep moving    
[05:00.563]Chasing girls, and listening to music
[05:02.854]Convinced I'd never amount to anything
[05:05.027]Convinced I was of no use to no one
[05:07.238]That trajectory was so soothing  
[05:09.539]Nothing to prove, nothing to lose
[05:11.523]Accept days on end, stoned in a daze
[05:13.777]Waking up in a haze again     
[05:15.129]The world started illuminating itself to me in new ways
[05:18.665]So here I was again
[05:20.268]On a grey mid-May day
[05:22.027]In line for the big one
[05:23.329]When 'A Beautiful Day' suddenly blared out over the PA
[05:26.376]So loud I leapt out of my skin all over again
[05:31.319]The pill Connor gave me kicked in
[05:35.652]And I couldn't believe what I was hearing
[05:38.314]This is the hour of letting pain go
[05:40.666]It was so comforting to know that I still had it within me to feel things   
[05:47.718]Because for a time I never thought I would again
[05:51.136]And that's terrifying
[05:54.273]That's terrifying at any age   
[06:00.232]Perhaps we could reach utopia after all
[06:07.993]Are you making this up?
[06:09.388]Ehh, some of it, yeah, why?    
[06:11.508]Well, what are you doing that for?
[06:12.935]I just didn't want to burden anyone with the truth
[06:15.649]The Truth?
[06:16.700]Because I know now I'm never gonna get my utopia
[06:20.069]But if I can show you how to cope
[06:22.262]And give you scope to grow beyond the moment of each new low
[06:26.407]Then I know I don't need utopia  
[06:29.527]'Cause the unknown is the only true hope for a brighter future
[06:33.956]And if you know that
[06:35.231]Then beyond the food, warmth and shelter
[06:37.871]Beyond the bedtime stories I always swore to you were true
[06:42.436]I've given everything I could ever give to you
[06:45.532]You won't remember, but we took you to Blackpool too
[06:49.325]And I watched you like a hawk as you explored beneath the boardwalk
[06:53.076]In those big clumsy shoes your grandma bought for you
[06:56.988]And I drove us home as the sun set
[06:59.873]We were listening to the latest bounces by the band
[07:03.244]You'd fallen asleep, and I squeezed your mother's hand
[07:06.671]Finally I'd made it
[07:08.087]And for the first time I felt truly free
[07:10.896]With my beautiful family and my dream job no longer a dream
[07:15.084]Still now it baffles me
[07:17.767]I attained perfection with you  
[07:21.001]I attained perfection
[07:23.145]So why the **** was I wondering what wankers would think of album two?